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Tourism official requests meeting with Morsy
Business
July 6, 2012
Tourism official requests meeting with Morsy
Elhamy al-Zayat, the head of the Egyptian tourism chamber, has asked for a meeting with President Mohamed Morsy to discuss…
Incoming tourism rises by 30% in April
Egypt
June 27, 2012
Incoming tourism rises by 30% in April
The number of tourists visiting Egypt increased by 30.8 percent in April over the same month last year, a government…
Abu Simbel farmers release tourists held over water shortage
Egypt
June 3, 2012
Abu Simbel farmers release tourists held over water shortage
Dozens of farmers in the Abu Simbel area have ended a sit-in and released 204 tourists they had held hostage…
Security source: US tourists freed unharmed in Sinai
Egypt
May 31, 2012
Security source: US tourists freed unharmed in Sinai
Two US tourists were released unharmed in the Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, security sources said, a day after being abducted…
Four Chinese tourists injured in traffic accident in Luxor
Egypt
April 30, 2012
Four Chinese tourists injured in traffic accident in Luxor
A road accident between two tour buses in the north of Luxor Governorate resulted in the injury of four Chinese…
Tourism declines 28.6% in January 2012
Business
April 12, 2012
Tourism declines 28.6% in January 2012
The number of tourists visiting Egypt has dropped by 28.6 percent in January 2012 in comparison to last year, according…
Three tourists injured, driver dies in highway accident
Egypt
March 22, 2012
Three tourists injured, driver dies in highway accident
A driver died and three Danish citizens were injured in an accident after their tour bus turned over on the…
Two Brazilian tourists kidnapped by gunmen in Sinai
Egypt
March 18, 2012
Two Brazilian tourists kidnapped by gunmen in Sinai
Gunmen kidnapped two Brazilian tourists travelling through the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday after a visit to an isolated mountain monastery,…
South Korea on high alert over the kidnapping of its citizens in Egypt
Egypt
February 11, 2012
South Korea on high alert over the kidnapping of its citizens in Egypt
The South Korean ambassador to Egypt arrived in Sinai on Saturday to follow up the case of three South Koreans…
US women call Egypt captors ‘kind’
Egypt
February 5, 2012
US women call Egypt captors ‘kind’
CAIRO — Their kidnappers gave them tea and dried fruit, and talked about religion and tribal rights. The California women…